Wake Forest School of Medicine - Gray Matter Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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THE E Q9 UTUO The evolutionary story of a doctor finds its beginnings in the antiquity of the mind where a lasting impression, made by something or someone in the past, start- ed a ifetime of preparation and planning for the goal we are about to realize. This initial impression was most likely made by a kindly old country doctor whom we felt to possess magical powers as he attended to us, our sibs or parents. Whether it was suturing a laceration, setting a broken bone or many of his other mysterious deeds we admired him and envied his skill and knowledge. It was our determination to be like him that carried us through high school and college. lt was in the latter that we first became aware of the evolutionary factors at play in the making ofa doctor. Here we encountered an example of one of the famous observations made by Darwin over lOO years ago . . . There is on overproduction of offspring. We knew that few of our many friends in the premedical courses would be allowed to complete their goal and indeed there were nine people turned away for every one given the opportunity of studying at this institution. In the fall of l962, the beginning of the Enthusiosticene period in our de lop- ment we converged here from a dozen different states and adopted Winston A - OS e. ., Vl.V' .V In VV . . l V V , Q V , V V. . e , , , , , , V V I A V V ' ' ' . l Q , V ' .. . . .2 4' . . i V f , l V , A , V 5 . . . 1 ' r . ,,, , . . . ,. . D A ' 1 , , V M . 5 ' : . . ..xv 't 5 5 I -- ' . . urn 9 5 ' , lf' .l ..-ww' . A , V ' ' ' ,,vv. ,,-,v ' -, , ' lin, ,.,..v V '- f h,.,. ..- -. - 1 -.5 - , ,. V . , ' ., ,, . -1 . 1 . , . . ' .' . I x V W , . I , A n ' ' A ' V ' H Q , . .. . .. -4 . ' ' ' ' f S , , ' , , , A' ' , X i. 4. ' . -, ' ' ' ' 1, . V 'I , N 1 Q , ' . ' ' . ',L,, . 1 f. ',.f 0 i . A -1. nv ' he, i 0 1.52- ' f . i ' 1' V- f . -wt-f' . an ' , -. , f . . . .. ' ' V ' . - u , R1-s:f:wa.g,,:-,....,A ' W -VVVMVV . -'V fmmqmme VV T i - . . -' V 1 'ff , ., -mmmwwvezwgrw 1 ' :,. I W 'f-1, I ' , . . . 1 Q V V . - 1. . Vw' A -, ,V . ' , V J' , V . V , V V 13-- ,,,,,i,.--5' 'f,,.V --2 if Xi -' ' ,A , It . . , 1.55 8

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' 1 :L 'hi rg if ' ' x N K., FW! .4 i ,W....i,... 3 'rt'-f The glibness that we had casually adopted during our third year was replaced during our fourth by the uncertainty of impending responsibility. Karl Stevenson's sometimes strident cry for us to remain a few moments in the amphitheater tor an announcement as juniors was replaced in our last year by the cryptic note as he con- tinued ably as our president. As our now more reasoned conclusions were ques- tions by our contemporaries, ourselves, and our instructors, we realized as June ap- proached that this had only been a beginning. FRANK C. WAGN ER Class Historian 7

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QF A LMDCWDLFS Winston-Solem proved to be o wonderful home ond omidst the monic-depres- sive oscillotions ot our work we tound peoce ond pleosure between Tonglewood ond town ond between the mountoins ond the beoches. I 9